In the previous article, I discussed some of the issues involving water and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). In a nutshell, although fracking has proven to be a highly effective means of boosting oil ...

Clinicians urged to be aware of fracking-related health problems Chemical contamination, community disruption and negative psychological effects among health problems associated with hydraulic ...

It didn't seem possible, but fracking's terrible public relations problems just got a whole lot worse. The pollution from fracking sites could be worse than we thought, and state efforts to protect ...

Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a common target for environmental protestors due to its propensity to cause miniature earthquakes and use up vast amounts of water, which eventually ...

FACTS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES CLAIMS. FRACKING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, BUT ALSO CAUSING CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

I AM writing to ask that you give a voice to all the people who are against fracking in Lancashire, and – dare I add – a voice to the people who are yet to know that fracking will be harmful to both ...

If it seems life has become extra fractious and divisive lately, it could be human illusion. Historians say we’ve long been a fractious species — covetous, prideful, wary of harmony and fond of war.

There should be no fracking in Maryland. In some western states that allow “fracking,” people cannot drink their well water because of seepage. In other states, they are having earthquakes that have ...

In Western New York, where I reside, there are thousands of existing gas wells in the Marcellus and Utica shale fields. For many years, water well drillers and Department of Environmental Conservation ...

From the fly-fishing perspective, the nightmare impact of fracking on trout streams has always been the specter of toxic fracking fluid spilled (or dumped) into pristine waterways, sending wild trout ...